Archive for May, 2008

Durham 7, Norfolk 1 (gm 1). Jeff Niemann worked 5 innings but was pulled after 75 pitches. He did pick up the win allowing only 1 unearned run…Nathan Haynes lead off and went 2-3 with 2 RBI while Joel Guzman hit a home run in his 4th straight game and […]

DRG here again with bonus holiday Monday duty. I can be reached here, but expect today’s load to be light. The Good: Carlos Pena not only his 10th home run in the 3rd inning to give the Rays the lead 2-1, but he also walked 3 times. In the Orioles […]

Durham 6, Richmond 1. Chris Mason didn’t survive the 5th innings and did not pick up the win. He allowed 5 hits and 3 walks, but only 1 run…Reid Brignac was 1-4 with his 17th double. Joel Guzman was 2-4 with his 10th home run and he drove in 2. […]

DRG here again to get you through the weekend. I can be reached here.. The Good: Evan Longoria’s first 2-home run game, including a 3-run shot in the 1st inning of the tape-measure variety…BJ Upton just-missed 2 home runs of his own, going 4-4 with 2 doubles that hit off […]

Durham 7, Richmond 1. Ben Hendrickson picked up his 4th win in 5 innings. He held Richmond to 1 run on 2 hits, but walked 4. Scott Dohmann relieved and struck out 4 in 2 shutout innings, while Juan Salas pitched the last 2 innings and struck out 3. Reid […]

Tonight’s game at the Trop between the Rays and the Orioles will not be seen on the MLB’s “Extra Innings” package. Why? Because of The Commodores. Tonight is the first of several scheduled postgame concerts that the Rays will feature following Saturday home games. To accommodate the concerts, the Rays […]

Earlier this week The Professor told you about the first ever Spots Illustrated cover to feature the Tampa Bay Rays (and it was not making fun of the Rays!). Yesterday, Roger Mooney of the Bradenton Herald got the reactions of a few of the Rays, and oh so subtly dropped […]

DRG here again to get you through the weekend. I can be reached here.. The Good: Matt Garza is still walking too many (4 last night) but he was better about getting ahead of batters. You can always tell when Garza is going to have a good night by his […]

Durham 4, Richmond 1. The forgotten prospect, Joel Guzman (can I still call him a prospect?) hit a 3-run home run in the 2nd inning and that was enough for Jeremy Cummings who improved to 3-0 in 3 starts for the Rays, since coming over from Australia Taiwan. He struck […]